enjambment (en)

(noun) the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines

ensorcell (en)

(verb) bewitch enchant

entelechy (en)

(noun) the actualization of form-giving cause as contrasted with potential existence / (noun) a hypothetical agency not demonstrable by scientific methods that in some vitalist doctrines is considered an inherent regulating and directing force in the development and functioning of an organism (from Aristotelian metaphysics)

entomicide (en)

the killing of insects, presumably

entr'acte (en)

an interval between two acts of a play or opera

entrepreneurial capitalism (en)

defined by Joseph Schumpeter in 1939 as enterprise carried out with borrowed money

entropology (en)

the study of man has become the study of disintegration and certain extinction

enuretic (en)

(noun) the involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine

environing (en)

surrounding; enclosing

eo ipso (la)

by that very act or quality; thereby

ephebes (en)

(in ancient Greece) a young man of 18–20 years undergoing military training

epicede (en)

(noun) a funeral song or ode : dirge, elegy.

epicene (en)

(adjective) having but one form to indicate either sex / (adjective) having characteristics typical of the other sex; intersexual / (adjective) effeminate / (adjective) lacking characteristics of either sex

epiclesis (en)

the part of the Eucharistic prayer in which the presence of the Holy Spirit is invoked to bless the elements or the communicants.

epicurean (en)

(adj) fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking

epignosis (en)

precise and correct knowledge; used in the New Testament to refer to the knowledge of things ethical and divine

epigone (en)

(noun) follower disciple / (noun) an inferior imitator

epigraph (en)

a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme

epilegomena (en)

added remark, things chosen (from Greek epilego); the -a ending is plural

epinastic (en)

The downward bending of a leaf or other plant part, resulting from greater growth of the upper side than of the lower side

epistasis (en)

(genetics) the interaction of genes that are not alleles, in particular the suppression of the effect of one such gene by another

epistle (en)

(noun) one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament / (noun) a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles / (noun) letter, or a composition in the form of a letter

epistolary (en)

written as a series of documents: letters, diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents

equanimity (en)

calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation

equipoise (en)

(noun) a state of equilibrium / (noun) counterbalance / (verb) to serve as an equipoise to / (verb) to put or hold in equipoise